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Major-General Thalita Mxakato
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Major-General Thalita Mxakato will assume the position of Chief of Defence Intelligence on 1 June.
Ramaphosa said: I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Major-General Thalita Mxakato as Chief of Defence Intelligence as of 1 June 2021. The Defence Intelligence Division provides combat-ready intelligence and counter-intelligence capabilities for employment in operations or joint and multinational force preparations. Major-General Mxakato joined Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1983. She completed her basic training in Angola and specialisation training in the German Democratic Republic. She has served in the SANDF since its formation in 1994.
Before joining the Defence Intelligence Division in 2003, she served in the South African Military Health Services and the Defence Inspectorate Division.
Announcing Mxakato’s appointment and other members of the Military Command of the SANDF, President Ramaphosa says Mxakato’s new role is a testimony of the advancement of women in the armed forces.
President Ramaphosa announces appointments to Military Command Council:
About Major-General Mxakato
Major-General Mxakato joined Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1983. She completed her basic training in Angola and specialisation training in the German Democratic Republic.
She has served in the SANDF since its formation in 1994. Before joining the Defence Intelligence Division in 2003, she served in the South African Military Health Services and the Defence Inspectorate Division. She currently serves as Deputy Chief Defence Intelligence.
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Defence headquarters is in the Armscor building.
A Johannesburg daily reports a leaked internal report points to corruption and maladministration at Defence Intelligence.
According to The Star, a publication in Iqbal Surve’s Independent Group, “Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Defence Intelligence Division chief Jeremia Nyembe, Defence Intelligence chief director Bongani Ngcobo and Defence Intelligence budget manager LMS Luke had a case to answer to after a leaked report linked the department’s top guns to a looting spree at the SA National Defence Force”.
The publication claims more than R4 billion of taxpayer money went to corruption at the intelligence component of the national defence force.